Insulated milk bottle cover



Aug. 3, 1943. T. HIGGINS INSULATED MILK BOTTLE COVER l Filed Aug. 5, 1941 nventor WS i g M hiv/A( ...Wulf

PatentedAugl V3; K

s325955 msm-Arron MILKBOTTLECOVER I v Thiiaa-,Higginsdspokanawasn. i *y Application Auguste, .1941,;seria1:.No. 405,541 1V claim. 4(ci. .22a-89) This-invention'-reiates to-a. milkbo'ttlecover and haslas onexofff its-fobects to provide a`r` cover formedl of.' insulating` m-aterialfV andv 'adapted to protect. a bottle of '.milk: from damage by.A heat or cold -f w-hile being '-1 carried from". astoreito a persons abode or when' resting on a: porch after deliveryfb'y the driverfofl avmilkwagon.

AnotherL object. of the vinvention, .is to prov-idev an insulatedvmilk bottle cover formed o'fj sections' movable into and out of .positionzto tgabout` a milk bottle, improvedv latches being.v provided to; hold the 'sections in"lawattl'e-enclosingv position: and y there also .being provided a. handle which. serves asa spring vfor yieldablyfholding-the ,twoisections closed.

Another object of the i invention is f'to provide the sections ywith' improvedI-lug'sor ltongues-whichl are rmly embedded in'thefsectionsand:project inwardly therefrom for engaging under.theibo t.\ v` tom of a milk bottle and.holdingthefbottle.in*

ycover or casing whenthe casing liszpicked up.by its handle and carriedfro'm oneplac'etolanother1 Another `object or theinventionis to provide a cover which is .simple inv construction, easy to apply to.V a bottle. and; formed offset-.tions which are firmly held closed butv may be `easilyreleased. when `a. bottle is to be removed from the cover.V

In the accompanyingldrawing:

Fig.. l-zis a view showing a milkbottle cover-or casing of the improved construction', in sidev elevation.

Fig. 2 is a sectional view taken vertically through-the cover,avbottle.in 'the cover being shown in elevation.

F18. 371s atransversersectional view'on the --line 3-3 of Fig. 1. v

Fig. 4" is amdeelevation cfa-modified fornrof cover'.

The improved casing. lor cover illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, consists- .of-'companion .sections I and Zim-med of molded.insulatingimaterialsuch as Wood .pulp or other slutablei-'nbrous :materia-1 having heatand cold insulating qualities, These sections are ,shapedto'conformto thec'ontour ofY Va milk-.bottle 3 andare ofsuc'h dimensions that the cover may be easily disposed-about't'he bottle. The wallsotthe Ltwo sections :are eachsemieircular in crossisection, kasfshown in-.Fig.3, iandreferringto this figure, it will-'be seenthatthe edge faces of vthe sections vare-beveled transversely sol that edge faces ofthe section 2' overlap Vedgeffaces of the section `I and preventlthe sections vfrom-accidentally shifting transverselyout of registering;

111g, the handle being forme'dof resilientmetal Aandhaving its arms Eformed Awith'longitudinally curved anchoringportions 6 which are embedded iii-theheadedupper ends ofthe .sections and terminatefin:outwardly-.projecting tongu'esI; This is clearly shown' in Fig. 2, and referringgi'o this figurar itwill` be .seen that4 the arms `of'tl1'e:l1 .andle willfbe'irmly held in engagement withthe sec-Y tionsandv prevented f from tearing-'loose when the handle isv .grasped` and the casing, with a bottle of milk'therein, carried-by. means of the handle. Sincethe handle is formed of resilient material, the sections may be shifted `.away` from .each `other and the milk bottle 3 thiust-upwardly'into the casingfthrough the open'lower vend of the casing; The twoV sections will then-be movedvt'ow-ardieach Yother tofclosed positionby springgactionof the `resilienthandleand the tongues 8 will engage underthe bottle and prevent t-he-lciottlefromA dropping out ofthe casing.

Each lof thetongues 8 consists .ofa strip ofA stiii.' metal which` is bent midway its Alength to.- provide the tongue withyanfupwardlvextending; anchoring portionk orshankjembeddedfin thel lowerportion of the casingsection carryinglthe tongue. Since the tongues are `formed of thin metal, the casing or cover may .be disposed over a. bottle with ends of the tongues lbearing against sides of the bottlejand,l when the casing is forced downwardly, the tongues, by their engagement with the bottlefwill cause the sections to be shifted away from eachother and, when the tongues reach rthe bottom of thebottle theywlllmove under the bottleV as the resiliency ofthe handle causes the sections to be moved toward each other and return to a closed position about the bottle. i

The casing sectlonsl and 2 vare tobe releasably held closed and to accomplishv this there have been provided latches I0. These latches v are atopposite sides ofthe casing and mounted at lower ends of the sections. Eachlatch consists of metal strips II and I2 which are firmly secured against outer faces of the sections -by rivets I3. The strip II hasfone endbent outwardlyto form a lipY I4 and the strip AI2 'has its free end lportion bent to fold Ya diagonally extending bill I5 terminating ina curved lip I6 `so that when the casing sections lrmove toward 'each other, the bills may cover over the lips I4' and have interlocking engagement therewith. The sections of the casing will thus be firmly held in closed position and there will be' no danger of their moving away from each other an'd'allowing the bottle -to drop out of the casing y 24 when said casing is lifted and carried by the handle 4. The material from which the casing sections are formed has sufficient resiliency to permit the section i to be exed inwardly, as indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 3, when pressure is applied to the strips ii and the casing sections may then be moved to open position and a bottle removed through the open lower end of the casing.

In Fig, 4 of the drawing, there has been illustrated a `modified form of casing or .covertoen close and cover milk bottles set upon a porch or the like by the driver of a milk wagon. This.

cover i1 is formed of insulating material such as wood pulp, and may be of such dimensions that it will accommodate two milk bottles I8 instead of merely one, or any number of bottles desired. The cover is open at'its bottom and tapers toward its upper end so that it will t snugly about the bottles when/placed over the same. *At its upperA end, there has been provided a. handle I9 which is formed of metal and has itsv arms 28 bent'toform outstandingfeet 2| which-are embedded `in the top of ,the cover to firmly anchor the handle `to the cover.- By

` grasping this handle, the cover may be-.easily lifted when setting itin place over the bottles -or when lifting the cover to remove the bottles. If desired, covers such as shown inJig. 4, may be nested one within another when not in use or when being shipped, so as to conserve space.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

vA bottle cover comprising a body of insulating material open atits bottom and closed at its top, said body consisting of vertical sections havingraid@ esie-.faces-meeiine in abutting engagement with .each other along opposite sides of the body'and' diametrically across the top, a handle of resilient material disposed over the body diametrically thereof across meeting edges :of the '.topfforming portions of the vertical sectionsand having depending arms at its ends, said arinsAv having their lower portions firmly connectedwith the top-forming portions thereof sections to anchor the handle thereto whereby the handle serves as a spring yieidably holding the sections closed with their edge faces in engagement with eachother' and permitting Athe sections to be shifted away from each; other 'for insertion andf removal ofv` a4 bottle'. through ,the

open bottom of the cover, :andmeans for releasably holdingthe sections in closed'positiont 'rimani rnefcfms.'v 

